FEMA: President Biden Approves Emergency Declaration for Florida
FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state, local and tribal response efforts to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Fred, beginning on Aug. 13 and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population,…
Census Bureau: Latest Data Released on Community Resilience to Disasters
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2019 Community Resilience Estimates to measure the ability of a population to withstand adversity from the impacts of disasters, including weather- and disease-related events such as pandemics, forest fires and floods. Later this month, the new data will also be available through a tool that shows risk level by state, county and…
FEMA: President Biden Amends Disaster Declaration for Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
FEMA announced that additional disaster assistance is available to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska by authorizing an increase in the level of funding for Public Assistance projects as a result of the severe storms and flooding during the period of March 13-April 1, 2019. As part of the major disaster declaration issued for the Ponce…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Michigan
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Michigan to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes from June 25-26, 2021. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Washtenaw and Wayne. Assistance can…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Emergency Declaration for Florida
FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Florida to supplementstate, local and tribal response efforts to the emergency conditions for areas potentially affected by Tropical Storm Elsa beginning on July 4 and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering…
FEMA: COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Policy Amended
FEMA is amending the agency’s COVID-19 funeral assistance policy to assist with COVID-19 related fatalities that occurred in the early months of the pandemic. This policy change will allow applicants to submit a statement or letter from the death certificate’s certifying official, medical examiner, or coroner that attributes the death to COVID-19 fatalities that occurred…
FEMA: Texas Winter Storm Survivors in Three Additional Counties Can Apply for Federal Disaster Assistance
Texas homeowners and renters in Kerr, Lamar and Shackelford who suffered damage from the February winter storm may now apply for disaster assistance with FEMA. If you applied with FEMA prior to the counties being added, you do not need to reapply. If you have insurance and are applying for disaster assistance, you must also…
HUD: Additional Steps Taken to Free Up Long-Awaited Disaster Recovery Funds for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
Department publishes Federal Register notice governing the use of $2 billion in CDBG-DR for a more resilient, efficient, reliable, and sustainable electric power system in Puerto Rico and USVI The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a Federal Register notice governing the use of $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding from May 17-21, 2021. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Ascension, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and Lafayette…
FEMA: 22 Additional Counties in Kentucky Approved for Individual Assistance
Twenty-two more counties in Kentucky have been designated for disaster assistance as part of the federal disaster declaration for the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred Feb. 27 through March 14. The announcement brings the total number of counties designated for Individual Assistance to 31 with today’s addition of Anderson, Boyd, Clark, Fayette,…